Holder for toilet articles



March 25 1941. A. c. REID HOLDER FOR TOILET ARTICLES 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 28, 1940 Inventor n lllllll'll jdi'0i2 63172928 A llprney March 25, 1941. A. c. REID HOLDER FOR TOILET ARTICLES Filed March 28, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Invenlor Jaroaz fiezfi A llorney Patented Mar. 25, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,235,945 1 HOLDER FOR TOILET ARTICLES Aaron 0. Reid, Benson, Ariz.

Application March 28, 1940, Serial No. 326,520

3 Claims.

This invention relates to holders for toilet articles such as toothbrushes, cream, shaving cream tubes, shaving brushes, razors, and like articles; and an object of the invention is to provide a holder of this character which may be readily mounted on a wall or similar support and is so constructed and equipped as to hold a number of such articles as above referred to in a neat and attractive manner.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a front view of a toilet article holder embodying the features of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan View thereof.

Figures 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11 are detail sectional views taken substantially on the lines 3-3, 44, 9--9, I'll-l0 and I l-l I, respectively, of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a front elevational view of a slightly modified form of holder.

Figure 6 is an elevational view of the holder shown in Figure 5 and taken at right angles to Figure 5.

Figure '7 is a top plan view of the second form of holder, and

Figure 8 is a detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 8-8 of Figure 5.

Referring more in detail to the drawings it will be seen that in the preferred embodiment thereof the holder comprises a body plate of any suitable edge contour and equipped with apertures 6 to accommodate nails or other suitable fastening elements through the medium of which the body plate 5 may be securely fastened to a wall or similar support.

At the front side thereof the plate 5 is provided with inclined, integral trays 8 and 9, the trays 8 and 9 being arranged in anti-clinal relationship as shown; and being closed at the lower ends thereof and open at the upper ends thereof to accommodate tubes such as tubes of toothpaste, shaving cream, and the like.

One of the trays, in the present instance tray ll, has struck from the outer wall thereof angularshaped depending arms 10 that are preferably arranged in stepped relation as shown and terminate in substantially horizontally disposed suspension heads II that are notched to accommodate the handles of toothbrushes and the like.

At the inclined edge thereof equipped with the tray 9, the plate 5 is provided with an integral extension l2 that is formed to provide a pair of laterally spaced coextensive arms l3 that, longitudinally, are preferably shaped, as suggested in Figure 4, to conform to the transverse sectional shape of the head or guard of a safety razor for supporting in suspended position therefrom such a type of razor.

At the upper ends of the trays 8 and 9 the 5 plate 5 is provided with a substantially V-shaped extension l4 that extends downwardly in the plane of the plate 5 and terminates in a horizontally disposed suspension arm I5 of a suitable shape and design to accommodate a shaving 10 brush to support the latter in a suspended position. on the holder.

Also, secured to the front side of the body plate 5 of the holder through the medium of rivets IE, or in any other suitable manner, is a tray IS, the bottom of which inclines or slopes toward the plate 5, and which tray It will be found admirably adapted for use in holding safety razor blades.

In Figures 5 to 8 inclusive I have illustrated a holder particularly designed for holding a single toothpaste tube and toothbrush and which might be found particularly useful on behalf of children. Thus, as shown in Figures 5 to 8, inclusive, this form of the invention embodies a substantially segmental body plate 50 that at the straight edge thereof is provided with an integral, inclined tray 89 which tray is closed at its lower end and at its open upper end terminates short of the corresponding end edge of the plate 5a; the plate 5a at the upper end of the tray 89 presenting an angular depending suspension arm Hi0 that terminates in a forked suspension head III designed to accommodate the handle of a toothbrush for suspending such article from the arm I00.

Thus it will be seen that the holder in this form of the invention will serve admirably to accommodate a tube of toothpaste and a toothbrush.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a holder which will accommodate a number of articles and which will permit any selected article to readily be placed on the holder, or removed therefrom without disturbing other articles on the holder. It will also hold the articles so that they are not readily disturbed or easily displaced.

It is thought that a clear understanding of the construction, utility, advantages and uses of a holder of this character will be had without a more detailed description thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. In a holder of the class described, a fiat body plate adapted to be fastened in a vertical position to a supporting member, said plate having a lower edge part sloping from an intermediate portion of the plate downwardly and outwardly to a side edge of the plate and a tray forming member formed integrally with said edge and including a bottom part extending at right angles to the plate and integrally connected with said sloping edge and a front wall extending upwardly from the bottom member and an arcuate end wall for the tray having one end connected with the said side edge of the body plate and its other end with the adjacent end of the front wall, said arcuate wall sloping upwardly and outwardly,

2. In a holder of the'class described, a fiat body plate adapted to be fastened in a vertical position to a supporting member, said plate having a lower edge part sloping from an intermediate portion of the plate downwardly and outwardly to a side edge of the Plate and a tray forming member formed integrally with said edge and including a bottom part extending at right angles to the plate and integrally connected with said sloping edge and a front wall extending upwardly from the bottom member and an arcuate end wall for the tray having one end connected with the said side edge of the body plate and its other end with the adjacent end of the front wall, said arcuate wall sloping upwardly and outwardly, said front wall having spaced openings therein for facilitating picking up an object in the tray.

3. In a holder of the class described, a fiat body plate adapted to be supported in vertical position on a supporting member, said body plate having its top and side edges forming an arc with upwardly diverging slits in the central portion from the lower part of the plate, the material of the plate on the top of each slit to the lower side part of the plate being extended upwardly and outwardly at right angles to the plate to form the bottom of a tray, front walls connected with the outer edges of said bottom parts, and arcuate end walls for the lower ends of the trays, each end wall having one end connected with the plate and its other end to the front wall.

AARON C. REID. 

